|
 
Kepler's Astounding Haul of Multiple-Planet Systems Just Keeps GrowingBoston MA (SPX) May 24, 2011 NASA's Kepler spacecraft is proving itself to be a prolific planet hunter. Within just the first four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planetary candidates. Of those, 408 reside in systems containing two or more planets, and most of those look very different than our solar system. In particular, the Kepler systems with multiple planets are much flatter than our solar system. They have to be for Kepler to spot them. Kepler watches for a planet to cross in front of ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| .. |
  Twin GRAIL Spacecraft to Launch Site by Lockheed Martin NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft were delivered by its builder Lockheed Martin to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on May 20. The two vehicles will undergo four months of final testing and processing in prepa ... more | .. |
  NASA Hopes It's Time To Explore Titan The Cassini spacecraft recently uncovered evidence that implies the possible existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon, Titan. In fact, Titan has been characterized as ... more | .. |
  Orbit Raising Operation of GSAT-8 Satellite Conducted Successfully The first critical orbit-raising manoeuvre of GSAT-8 was successfully conducted at 03:58 hrs (IST) this morning (May 22, 2011) with the firing of the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) on board GS ... more | .. |
 |
|
| .. |
  Expedition 27 Crew Undocks from Station After spending 157 days aboard the International Space Station, Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli undocked from the station ... more | .. |
  Testing Spacesuits in Antarctica - Part 1 Once you've been to Antarctica, you just really want to go back. There is a sign in the lunch room here at Marambio base, that says (with poetic license thanks to Pablo): "When you arrived you barel ... more | .. |
 Bennett team discovers new class of extrasolar planets University of Notre Dame astronomer David Bennett is co-author of a new paper describing the discovery of a new class of planets - dark, isolated Jupiter-mass bodies floating alone in space, far fro ... more | .. |
  Shuttle Tile Inspection Clears Endeavour For Return To Earth Mission managers cleared Endeavour's thermal protection system for re-entry after analysis of data and images from an early-morning focused robotic inspection of the tiles. A conversation with ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace
MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes
AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE | .. |
  Endeavour Crater Just Three Miles Away For Opportunity Mars Rover Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater, now less than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away. The rover drove on four of the last six sols. On Sol 2595 (May 13, 2011), Opportunit ... more | .. |
  ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telstar 14R And Estrela do Sul 2 for Telesat International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 into orbit on an ILS Proton for Telesat, a leading global fixed satellite services operator. The ILS P ... more | .. |
 Climate scientists reveal new candidate for first habitable exoplanet The planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581, one of the closest stars to the Sun in the galaxy, has been the subject of several studies aiming to detect the first potentially habitable exop ... more | .. |
 NASA's Atlantis Moves To Launch Pad May 31 For Final Shuttle Launch Space shuttle Atlantis will begin moving to its launch pad at 8 p.m. EDT on May 31, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The six-hour rollout from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is a majo ... more |
| .. |
 Satellites for Asia and India are orbited on Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission of 2011 The 44th consecutive successful Ariane 5 flight has further underscored the flexibility and performance of this workhorse launch system - orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft to serve on ... more | .. |
 ISS astronauts inspect tile damage, chat with pope Astronauts completed an inspection of the heat shield tiles on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour Saturday after a first-ever papal video call to space from Pope Pope Benedict XVI. ... more | .. |
 Russia sends two Soyuz carrier rockets to French Guiana Two Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are on the way from Samara to St. Petersburg to be shipped to French Guiana for future launches from the Kourou space center, the Progress design bureau said. ... more | .. |
 Endeavour astronauts wrap up second space walk Two astronauts completed a second of four scheduled space walks of the Endeavour shuttle's final mission to the International Space Station on Sunday, the US space agency said. ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems
Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon
Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power | .. |
 Pope makes first ever video call to astronauts in space Pope Benedict XVI chatted with astronauts floating high above Earth Saturday as the Vatican linked up with the International Space Station for the first-ever papal video call to space. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan, Singapore launch satellite Taiwan's leading telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom has launched its second commercial communications satellite in a joint venture with Singapore Telecommunications, local media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Endeavour astronauts take first space walk Two US astronauts on Friday embarked on the first space walk of the Endeavour shuttle's final mission to the International Space Station, NASA said. ... more | .. |
 NASA aims for July 8 launch of last-ever shuttle flight NASA said Friday it is aiming to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on July 8 for the last-ever flight of the 30-year-old American shuttle program. ... more |
| .. |
 Which technologies get better faster Some forms of technology - think, for example, of computer chips - are on a fast track to constant improvements, while others evolve much more slowly. Now, a new study by researchers at MIT and othe ... more | .. |
 Damaged shuttle tile to get closer look: NASA NASA plans to take a closer look Saturday at a damaged heat shield tile on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour, but mission managers downplayed the inspection as no cause for concern. ... more | .. |
  Seeing the Planets for the Trees In the search for life on other planets, scientists are looking beyond single-celled organisms and are developing techniques that would help them detect multicellular life. In a recent study publish ... more | .. |
  Measuring the Magnetic Field of Mercury MESSENGER carries a sensitive Magnetometer that measures the vector magnetic field at the location of the spacecraft. The instrument is mounted on the end of a 3.6-m-long boom that extends away from ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research
Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience | .. |
 GMV provides the flight dynamics system for the O3b constellation Thales Alenia Space has awarded GMV a contract to supply the flight dynamics system for the O3b satellite constellation that will be set up by O3b Networks Ltd (Other 3 billion). The constellation, ... more | .. |
 Looking Deep into a Huge Storm on Saturn ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has teamed up with NASA's Cassini spacecraft to study a rare storm in the atmosphere of the planet Saturn in more detail than has ever been possible before. The new ... more | .. |
 ISRO begins sounding rocket launches on regular basis ISRO has resumed monthly launches of sounding rockets from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) under Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here to conduct studies of upper atmospher ... more | .. |
 AIA Says US Human Spaceflight At Critical Juncture The future of the U.S. human spaceflight program is at a critical juncture, said Aerospace Industries Association Vice President for Space Frank Slazer. "Cutting exploration budgets any furthe ... more |
| .. |
  Antibody production gets confused during long-term spaceflight The trip to Mars just got a little more difficult now that French researchers have discovered that antibodies used to fight off disease might become seriously compromised during long-term space flig ... more | .. |
 STS-134 Arrives, Crew Begins Work at Station Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 5:14 a.m. CDT Wednesday, bringing an advanced scientific instrument that could answer basic questions about our universe, perhaps shedding li ... more | .. |
 NASA Denies Entry To Chinese Journalists For Shuttle Launch U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, kicking off its 25th and final mission. The event was important to the eyes of media and scientists in China because the ... more | .. |
 Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive Tracks A dance-step pattern is visible in the wheel tracks near the left edge of this scene recorded by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the 2,554th Martian day, or ... more |
| Previous Issues | May 23 | May 20 | May 19 | May 18 | May 17 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
